Convoy HX-47
Convoy HX.47 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz | Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG | ||||
Strength | |||||
7 U-boats |
58 merchant ships 4 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
3 ships sunk |
Convoy HX 47 was the 47th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The ships departed Halifax on 2 June 1940[1] and were escorted across the North Atlantic by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Esperance Bay, a Canadian destroyer and two Royal Navy sloops. U-boats of Wolfpack Prien sank three ships with the surviving ships reaching Liverpool on 17 June.[1]
Ships in the convoy[2]
Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Aegeon (1919) | 5,285 | Aluminium and pulp | |
Andreas (1919) | 6,566 | Wheat | |
Anna Mazaraki (1913) | 5,411 | Grain | |
Annavore (1921) | 3,324 | Copper and General Cargo | |
Argos Hill (1922) | 7,178 | Steel | |
Ashby (1927) | 4,868 | Grain | |
Askeladden (1920) | 2,496 | Pitprops Diverted to Portland, Maine for Degaussing | |
Balmoralwood (1937) | 5,834 | Wheat and 4 aircraft (deck cargo) Straggled 6 June Sunk by U-47[3] on 14 June | |
Beaverbrae (1928) | 9,956 | General cargo | |
Beaverhill (1928) | 10,041 | General cargo | |
Blairspey (1929) | 4,155 | Steel and timber | |
Boston City (1920) | 2,870 | General cargo | |
Briarwood (1930) | 4,019 | Pitprops | |
British Captain (1923) | 6,968 | Petrol | |
British Faith (1928) | 6,955 | Benzine | |
British Prince (1935) | 4,879 | General cargo | |
Cairnvalona (1918) | 4,929 | General cargo Vice-commodore Adm Sir A J Davies KBE CB | |
Capsa (1931) | 8,229 | Crude oil | |
Clydebank (1925) | 5,156 | Steel and coke | |
Comedian (1929) | 5,122 | Cotton and lumber | |
Diplomat (1921) | 8,240 | General cargo | |
Dornach (1939) | 5,186 | Wheat | |
Egda (1939) | 10,050 | Petrol | |
El Aleto (1927) | 7,203 | Crude oil | |
Elax (1927) | 7,403 | Fuel oil | |
Erik Boye (1924) | 2,238 | Grain Sunk by U-38[4] | |
HMS Esperance Bay | Armed merchant cruiser | ||
F J Wolfe (1932) | 12,190 | Crude oil | |
Ferncastle (1936) | 9,940 | Fuel oil | |
HMS Fowey | 1,150 | Escort Shoreham-class sloop | |
Georgios G (1918) | 4,289 | General cargo | |
Georgios Potamianos (1913) | 4,044 | General cargo | |
Germanic (1936) | 5,352 | Grain | |
Harborough (1932) | 5,415 | Grain | |
Hartbridge (1927) | 5,080 | Wheat | |
Hellen (1921) | 5,289 | Scrap iron | |
Hoyanger (1926) | 4,624 | Pulp and lumber | |
Italia (1939) | 9,973 | 13,000 tons aviation spirit Sunk by U-38[5] | |
Kenbane Head (1919) | 5,225 | General cargo | |
Loke (1915) | 2,421 | Copper | |
Manchester Citizen (1925) | 5,343 | General cargo | |
Masunda (1929) | 5,250 | Iron ore | |
Nailsea Manor (1937) | 4,926 | Grain | |
Northumberland (1915) | 11,558 | General cargo | |
Octavian (1938) | 1,345 | Wood pulp | |
Pacific Pioneer (1928) | 6,734 | General cargo Commodore Adm Sir B S Thesiger KBE CB CMG | |
Randsfjord (1937) | 3,999 | Wheat and general cargo Collision with Georgios Potamianos and retired | |
Regent Panther (1937) | 9,556 | Petrol | |
HMCS Saguenay | 1,337 | Escort Canadian River-class destroyer | |
Saimaa (1922) | 2,001 | General cargo | |
Salacia (1937) | 5,495 | Lumber | |
San Adolfo (1935) | 7,365 | Fuel Furnace Oil (FFO) | |
HMS Sandwich | 1,045 | Escort Bridgewater-class sloop | |
Saturnus (1940) | 9,965 | Petrol | |
Southgate (1926) | 4,862 | Steel and timber | |
Storanger (1930) | 9,223 | Fuel oil | |
Temple Inn (1940) | 5,218 | Sugar | |
Theodoros Coumantaros (1917) | 5,709 | Sugar | |
Thiara (1939) | 10,364 | Fuel and lub oil | |
Ulysses (1918) | 2,666 | General cargo | |
Vinemoor (1924) | 4,359 | Wheat and lumber | |
Zurichmoor (1925) | 4,455 | Steel and timber |
References
- 1 2 Hague
- ↑ "Convoy HX.47". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ "Balmoralwood – British Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ "Erik Boye – Canadian steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ "Italia – Norwegian motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
Bibliography
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
- Edwards, Bernard (1996). Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. ISBN 0-304-35203-9.
- Rohwer, J; Hummelchen, G (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
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